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title: "Mind Blowing Facts About Africa"  
description: "African continent got its name from the ancient Romans. Upon defeating the ancient northern African city of Carthage, the Romans founded a province Africa"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-27  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1416/mind-blowing-facts-about-africa  
category: "travel"  
tags: ["Africa", "African Life", "facts", "Africans", "African wildlife", "Africa facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Mind Blowing Facts About Africa

![Mind Blowing Facts About Africa](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66867b84-48ed-4062-9d8f-7c3666fa0912/images/3985fb5c-e0d4-4f46-852b-015cb21274a7.jpeg) ![Mind Blowing Facts About Africa](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66867b84-48ed-4062-9d8f-7c3666fa0912/images/1f2003b3-4f20-4a78-bcc5-0429a0b5452d.jpeg) AFRICA IS THE SECOND LARGEST CONTINENT ON EARTH. ![Mind Blowing Facts About Africa](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66867b84-48ed-4062-9d8f-7c3666fa0912/images/c8fc5403-ef25-4003-92f6-e7ce1f6d6683.jpeg) BETWEEN 1500-2000 LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN IN AFRICA ![Mind Blowing Facts About Africa](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66867b84-48ed-4062-9d8f-7c3666fa0912/images/73629507-6059-4471-ac20-992a4be1a390.jpeg) THE WORLD’S LARGEST, TALLEST AND FASTEST ANIMALS COME FROM AFRICA ![Mind Blowing Facts About Africa](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66867b84-48ed-4062-9d8f-7c3666fa0912/images/52ecabfd-43a1-4ccc-b129-6b3d6165c3ee.jpeg) AFRICA IS HOME TO THE WORLD’S OLDEST UNIVERSITY ![Mind Blowing Facts About Africa](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66867b84-48ed-4062-9d8f-7c3666fa0912/images/cf080816-00ca-489a-8c12-5cf35c910b2e.jpeg) THE RICHEST MAN EVER IS AFRICAN ![Mind Blowing Facts About Africa](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66867b84-48ed-4062-9d8f-7c3666fa0912/images/576ec0fa-5207-410f-a465-a2383f33e297.jpeg) THE WORLD’S LARGEST HOTTEST DESERT IS IN AFRICA ![Mind Blowing Facts About Africa](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66867b84-48ed-4062-9d8f-7c3666fa0912/images/073262ee-fa33-49db-be95-dcbd58566fed.jpeg) AFRICA IS THE SOURCE OF THE WORLD’S LONGEST RIVER

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